The Blood-Horse Press Room

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, March 7, 2010 — Unseasonably wet Fall conditions and ensuing reports of wide-spread mold in harvest crops have horse owners highly concerned about the possible presence of illness-causing, and sometimes fatal, toxins with every bag of horse feed they tear open. To ensure that mycotoxins do not get into the feed mill, much less their feed, Pennfield Equine Feed Technologies puts the horse first by investing in a highly effective rapid detection chemical test to identify and eliminate tainted ingredients before they enter the plant.
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PHOENIX – April 8, 2010 – Farrier’s favorite, Forshner’s® Hoof Packing, is returning to tack shop, feed store and farrier supply shelves with the same great formula high performance horse owners and horseshoers have depended on for over 25 years.
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Lexington, Ky. –January 15, 2010— Social media is an important part of the way horse owners, trainers, managers, veterinarians, and others connect today. TheHorse.com Facebook page has broken the 3,000 friend barrier, illustrating our success in trying to be where our users want us and supplying them with the horse health, care, management, and welfare information they want and need!...Read More

HACKENSACK, NJ - In the new era of medical advancements with stem cells, EquStem™, a leading equine stem cell collection, processing and storage company, has launched a noninvasive procedure for collecting stem cells from horses. The process is simple and safe, extracting regenerative adult stem cells from the umbilical cord on foaling day to be stored for future medical and therapeutic use....Read More

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, January 7th, 2010 — If you have a senior equine in your life, or better yet a barn full of seniors, Pennfield Feed is starting off the year with a promotion you won’t want to miss. The small-town-big-quality company known for supplying feed for the last four Olympic and World Games, and who made headlines in late ‘08 when they were awarded the designation of Official Feed of the USEF, has launched an exciting new “I resolve to get free feed” promotion.
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Lexington, Ky. — The Blood-Horse will publish a special December 26, 2009-January 2, 2010 combined issue that will feature a Year in Review, recapping the top Thoroughbred industry stories of 2009, and include a massive 2009 Auctions Digest. Also included as a special bonus is Blood-Horse Senior Correspondent Steve Haskin’s unique and personal viewpoint of the entire decade, 2000-2009. The Auctions Digest of 2009 includes detailed hip-by-hip information organized by sire on weanlings, yearlings, juveniles, and broodmares sold at all major North American sales. With this special 100-page section, readers can easily research each and every transaction from January to December. The issue will automatically be mailed to subscribers to The Blood-Horse and be available on newsstands beginning Tuesday, December 29.
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Lexington, Ky. – November 18, 2009— TheHorse.com has become a syndication partner for five podcasts presented by HorseRadioNetwork.com and their sponsors. You can listen to these entertaining and educational talk shows online or download them to your MP3 player, iPod, or iPhone to listen in as you work or play....Read More

LEXINGTON, Ky. – November 23, 2009 –Blood-Horse Publications announces that Blood-Horse editor Dan Liebman received the University of Kentucky College of Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award on Friday, Nov. 20, during the 2009-2010 College Awards and Recognition Ceremony at the Hilary J. Boone Center on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. The annual award is presented to an outstanding alumnus of the University of Kentucky College of Communications and Information Studies and recognizes the recipient’s many contributions to the community....Read More

LEXINGTON, Ky. – November 19, 2009 –Blood-Horse Publications announces that Eric Mitchell has been appointed Editorial Director of The Blood-Horse business unit, as part of a reorganization undertaken to strengthen the development of the brand’s three distinct editorial initiatives. Mitchell, 47, joined Blood-Horse Publications in October 1999 as a senior staff writer for The Blood-Horse. Prior to that Mitchell was a reporter and columnist for Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal in Charlotte, N.C. He also spent more than eight years as a reporter and senior reporter for the Ocala Star-Banner, covering Florida's horse industry among other subjects.
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Lexington, Ky. – November 24, 2009— In honor of this Thanksgiving season, TheHorse.com is proud to announce it has opened a no-cost listing service for any breed of horse that is free to a good home. Horses of any age, breed, or sex are eligible to be placed on the new database of free horses. ...Read More

Louisville, Ky. (Oct. 13, 2009) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN)
(“CDI” or “Company”) has announced wholly owned TwinSpires.com will offer all of
the Keeneland Race Meet’s 17 days of racing in High-def on TwinSpiresTV.
TwinSpires.com is the only Advance Deposit Wagering website to offer live streaming of
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Lexington, Ky. - September 14, 2009- An exciting education and outreach partnership has been formed between The Horse and the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA). The two groups will work together to educate veterinarians and other industry professionals about the health, care, management, and welfare of equids around the world and bring information from those groups to veterinarians, vet techs, horse owners, and managers. ...Read More

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 5, 2009 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@BloodHorse.com New Equine Fact Sheets Available From TheHorse.com Lexington, Ky. -- TheHorse.com launched the first in a series of Fact Sheets on Jan. 13 to widespread acclaim. This week we present more Fact Sheets on topics our readers...Read More

Lexington, Ky. - TheHorse.com launched the first in a series of Fact Sheets on Jan. 13 to widespread acclaim. This week we present more Fact Sheets on topics that our readers have indicated are important to them based on searched terms, reader views on that topic, surveys/polls, and personal communications. Following are the newest Fact Sheets now available on TheHorse.com : • Equine Cushing's , sponsored...Read More

Lexington, Ky. - BloodHorse.com has rolled out an engaging series of videos showcasing new sires of 2009, including Brother Derek , Cougar Cat , Divine Park , Elite Squadron , Ready's Image , Salute the Sarge , Showing Up , Sightseeing , Student Council , and Zanjero . The videos are available for viewing on the BloodHorse.com Video Portal at http://www.BloodHorse.com/Horse-Racing/Videos . The three...Read More

Lexington, Ky. - Weird things happen to horses. So says Erin Ryder, News Editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care /TheHorse.com. Ryder scans international headlines daily to bring readers of TheHorse.com the most up-to-date information on equine health, care, management, and welfare. But sometimes in the course of her searches, she finds things that are, well ... weird. Whether it's a...Read More